Composition post or analogous structure.



No. 829.940. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906. R. B. BENNETT.

COMPOSITION POST OR ANALOGOUS STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.12. 1905.

UN [TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

oomposli'lou POST on ANALOGOUS STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed December 12,1906. Serial No. 291.467.

1"!) all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RtssELL B. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vcsterville, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Composition Posts or Analogous Structures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fence-posts of that class in which the body of the post is formed or molded while in a plastic state of cement or similar adhesive substances with any suitable building material.

The object of my invention is to provide a composition body which will not only be of indestructible nature and take the place of wood for use in fence-posts, telegraph and telephone poles, railway-ties, or objects of kindred nature, but which will provide a homogeneous structure in which is incorpo rated an improved non-corrosive non-decaying composition differing in certain respects from the other elements of the post and into which staples, nails, or other fastening devices may be easily and securely driven.

Heretofore the method usually employed for fastening fence wires, boards, and the like to a cement post has been either byincorporating wood in some form or other into the post during the molding operation or by molding certain staple-receiving metal devices in one face of the post at predetermined intervals or by molding various other metal lic sha es at definite intervals which project from t e face of the 0st or by forming a ost with perforations wiiich necessarily resu t in weakening its structure.

The wood if placed in the post when dry will swell and crack the cement before the same hardens. If placed in the post while it (the wood) is wet, it will shrink away from the cement and furthermore will in time decay. The metal devices for receiving sta les cannot be so spaced as to adapt themse ves to the varying spaces of all the different makes of wire-fencing nor can any other projecting forms of metal. Again, these projecting arts are in the way when it is desired to hanc le, store, or ship the post, and when the post is being handled they are likely either to injure the post or become themselves broken off with the result that the post is im erfect when ultimately it is desired to use t e same- The metal projections if they are molded into the post whilethe post is main ortion or body of the post is composed and w ich therefore results in producing unnecessarily wcak places in the post or tie body.

My present invention consists, in contradistinction to what has already been accomplished and proposed in posts or similar articles of plastic composition, of a post which is formed of cement or similar adhesive substances which will harden when set to form an indestructible body and which has incorporated in it at any predetermined point or place or plane or along any definite line a ortion formed partly of cement. or some a hesive material of which the remainder of the body is composed,.su ch portion being impregnated to a predetermined extent with some non-adhesive substance which will ren der such place or portion sulliciently penetrable or porous to admit of a staple or any desired fastcnings to be driven therein and which will atthe same time form a homogeneous mass with the remainder of the body which will not weaken the said body and which, if desired, may be indistinguishable from the remainder of the body so that the latter will be to all appearances exactly the same composition throughout. In the lastnamed event if the penetrable portion does not show by a slightly-contrasting color from the remainder of the body it may be definitely lbcated by indentation-marks made with any suitable tool.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof, and, also-to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of my invention in a fencepost, portions of the fence being broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewof the post illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 illustrates in detail one form of my improved I fastening devices driven'into it with sullienetrable composition ready to be em-i )odied in the face of a post. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the side composition Fig. 5 is a detail view l illustrating another form of the said peneillustrated in Fig. 3.

trable composition Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view of the post, showing the enetrable portion embodied therein and o the to form illustrated in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view of the post illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are horizontal sectional views of posts, illustrating modifications, hereinafter specifically referred to.

' Corresponding and like parts are referred tom the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

As regards my fpresent invention the post 26 proper may be 0 any size or construction,

dependent upon-its particular use and loca-' tion,.as long as it embodies a body .1 of cement or similar plastic composition, which will harden when set to produce a stone-like structure. The foot of the post may be provided with oppositely disposed-lugs 2, which may sustain the post and prevent'its withdrawal or upheaval after earth has been tamped down around said lugs.

In. the manufacture of the post the plastic composition, which is composed largely of cement or similar cementitious substances, has incorporated in it at any predetermined point-or place or places or along any definite line-or plane a penetrable portion, which also consists largely ofcement or adhesive substances; but is to a predetermined extent impregnated with a mixture of ashes, cinders, or burnt clay or any non-adhesive substance. The cement of this penetrable portionwill effect such a binding. relation with. the remainder of the post that the-entire structure will present a homogeneous appearance and will present a substantially equal appearance on its surface throughout, although it'ma'y be slightly contrasting in color, so as to readily determine by a glance where the slightlypenetrable portion or portions is or are located. It isto be understood then that the completed post embodies apoi'tion which is like the remainder of the post, composed largely of cement, and yet is sufiiciently imble, whilethe remainder'ofthe post is impenetrablef r By using'the' term"penetrable.I-do not 6 wish it to be understood that thecomposition so soft that it'can be penetrated by slight force or pressure, in' which case it might Weakenthe post structure; but I mean to convey the impression that thesaid composition may be penetrated by staples or other pregnated with some porous or non-adhesive substance as to render ,suchport onpenetraofcement,'ashes,- and cinders, or'the like, is.

cient force to accom lish this end. It is to be understood that t e remainder of the post structure is impenetrable, as it is stone-like in nature and will crack and break if an attempt be made to drive a staple or similar fastening device into it. This penetrable composition, which is non-corrosive in char acter, may be incorporated in the ost struc ture at different places or, points along differcut linesor-planes, as has been before suggested. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the said composition (designated 7) is located in a channel 8 in the face of the post, the saidchannel being completely filled with said composition. It is to be understood that the penetrable composition is incorporated in the pos structure 'when the same is being molded and that it therefore forms an integral part thereof; The post is then smoothed off and allowed to harden, at which time staples 9 may be driven into the composition with a firmness'that holds the fence-wires securely to the post. The composition Tmay be only a small portion of the post structure, as shown .in Fig. 7, or in further modifications it may form one or more faces ofthe post, as

shown in Figs. 8 and 9, or-thesaid composit'ion may form an entire body of the post in some predetermined plane or portionthereof, as illustrated in Fig. 10, or it may beplaced in a small channel at the top of the post, into which a staple may be driven 'to fasten abarbed wire, or for any other purpose, ,as shown in Fig. 1. v

Within the purview of my invention the. penetrable composition maybe in'cased within a foraminous or reticulate screenof Wiremesh 10, as illustrated .in Fig. 3, it being pressed into the casing formed of such wiremesh, the ends thereof being preferably bent back upon themselves. By the-use of the' wire-mesh casing the compositefilling" is uniform throughout and materially reinforces the post structure. It is offoourse to be un- I10 derstood that the penetrable composition 7 is not limited to the V-shaped cross-section shown in Fig. 4, but that itmay be T-shaped, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, or any other. convenient form desired. As the wire-mesh cas I 5 'ing 10 is intent -d ,to'be embedded. beneath the surface of the post structure, it is entirely covered with cement and is throughout pre vented from rusting. i

' Preferably the penetrable filling'or compo- I 2.0

sition is placed in the post at the desired point or placed j'ust deep enough to allow the staple or nail to be driveninto the post, so that its ends Will be-bent against the impenetrable portionof" the post structure, and thereby be clenched'or turned hack upon itself to form a hook construction, as shown in Fig. 2.. 1 1

By my invention when the staple is removed the holes formed by the staples in the 13 sufficiently lpenetrable penetrable portion may be refilled, with the said penetrable substance or com osition and another staple may be rea driven into the same place and be held with equal firmness and the post become as good as new.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a cement or similar post structure into which is incorporated a penetrable composition the constitucnt parts of which are cement or other similar adhesive substance, preferably the same as the remainder of the post structure, and

ashes, cinders, burnt clay, or some other.

similar non-adhesive and somewhat porous substances which will produce a homogeneous post structure of stone-like composition and formation, the major portion of which is impenetrable and sufficiently hard, while at predetermined points or places it is to permit staples, nails, or simi ar fastening devices to be driven therein.

While I have used throughout the specification and claims the term non-adhesive, as applied tothe cinders, ashes,-or similar substances with which the cement is impregnated to formthe penetrable portion of the post-body, this term is not to be confounded with the concrete of which the remainder. of the post-body is composed. It 'is of course to be understood that the concrete orimpene- -tr able portion of the post-body is not composed of pure cement, but has incorporated with it a certain amount of sand or gravel, as is customary with compositionsofthis nature; but it is also to be understood that the penetrable portion, while also formed'partly,

of cement, and t-hereforeof partly the same composition of which the remainder of the post is composed, yet such penetrable ortion is so impregnated with the ashes, ci'n ers,

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if desired, 1 or similar substances non-adhesive in'the sense that I have used the term, that it will be readily susceptible to receiving the staples or similar fastening means.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A plastic post comprising a body portion consisting of concrete including a predetermined amount of cement and having molded therewith while both'are in a plastic condition, a fastening-receiving portion formed partly of concrete, but impregnated with a sufficient amount of non-adhesive por-.

ous material to render it penetrable.

2.- A post comprising'a concrete body a predetermined portion of which is composed of a mixture or cement with sufficient ashes, cinders, burnt clay or similar non-adhesive material to render said portion penetrable.

3. A composite post comprising a body of concrete, and a staple or-sunilar fasteningreceiving portion formed partially of the same material as thebody .of the post and partially of a non-adhesivesubstance and a metal casing for said staple-receiving pored into its casing tion'; the latter being mol and subsequently molded in the body of the p 4. A composite post, comprising a concrete body, a wire-mesh casing molded therein, and a penetrable portion filling said casing and composed partly of the same cementitious substance as the body of the-post and partly of a non-adhesive substance, and incorporated in the body ofthe post while the latter and the said penetrable portion are in a plastic condition.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUSSELL B. BENNETT.

Witnesses: E. L. SHERWOOD, N V. BENNETT.- 

